for very shame's sake

A form of for shame's sake — Owing to a sense of shame.

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Meanings

adverbfor very shame's sake!
  1. alternativeAlternative form of for shame's sake (“owing to a sense of shame”).

    For very shame’s sake I could hold out no longer,—and with a determined effort I broke the extraordinary dumb spell that had held me like a coward in silent hiding, and came forward boldly to confront my visitor.

    1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, published 1896, →OCLC, page 22

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APA

for very shame's sake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20very%20shame's%20sake

MLA

“for very shame's sake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20very%20shame's%20sake. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “for very shame's sake,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20very%20shame's%20sake.

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